Monthly Archives: March 2018

Working and Communicating with the Libra Full Moon

Posted by Amanda Painter

Tropical flora on Grand Cayman; photo by Amanda Painter.

Are you feeling both determined and frustrated this week? As Amanda Painter describes, the sky is not only building to a Full Moon in Libra on Saturday, there’s some additional astrology that may be testing the balance between what you desire, what you feel obligated to do, and what’s actually reasonable to try to accomplish.

Journalist Ari Berman: If Trump Is Allowed to Rig the Census, Then All of U.S. Democracy Is Rigged

Posted by Planet Waves

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At least 12 states are moving to sue the Trump administration over plans to add a question about citizenship to the upcoming census. Voting rights activists fear the question will deter immigrants from participating in the census, leading to a vast undercount.

Planet Waves Daily Oracle for Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Posted by Planet Waves

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The intangible may be so real you can hold it in your hands; give it a chance to become so. Seek with the faith that you will find, and feel with the faith that you will experience fulfillment as a result. Remember that the richest territory for you is interior, regardless of how expressive or interesting your life is now.

“We Cannot Wait for Change” — Freed Whistleblower Chelsea Manning on Iraq, Prison & Running for Senate

Posted by Planet Waves

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Fifteen years ago this month, the U.S. invasion of Iraq began. The war’s most famous whistleblower, Chelsea Manning, appears today in her first live television interview. While serving as an Army intelligence analyst in Iraq, Manning leaked a trove of documents in 2010 about the Iraq War to WikiLeaks.

Planet Waves Daily Oracle for Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Posted by Planet Waves

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Have you ever wondered why same-sex relationships and erotic contact are considered taboo? I know the Bible has a few things to say about that and eating shellfish. I mean, have you ever really tried to figure it out? I suggest you give it a try. Why is it considered the unholiest of things, to the point where constitutional amendments get passed?

“One Life Is Worth All the Guns in America”: Students Demand End to Violence at March for Our Lives

Posted by Planet Waves

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In a historic day of action, more than 800 protests were held Saturday urging lawmakers to pass gun control. In Washington, organizers say 800,000 took part in the March for Our Lives, which was organized by students who survived the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on Feb. 14.